• Guides
  • Learning To Identify The Trees of the Pacific Northwest Rainforest

Learning To Identify The Trees of the Pacific Northwest Rainforest

Can you identify the different trees found in the rainforest of the Pacific Northwest stretching from Northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia to Alaska?

Here's how to start identifying the common trees in the temperate rainforest ecosystems such as the Douglas Fir, ...more ↓

bigleaf maple 1
Acer macrophyllum
Vine Maple 2
Acer circinatum
black cottonwood 3
Populus trichocarpa
Red Alder 4
Alnus rubra
Pacific Dogwood 5
Cornus nuttallii
Cascara 6
Frangula purshiana
Pacific madrone 7
Arbutus menziesii
Oregon oak 8
Quercus garryana
water birch 9
Betula occidentalis
Black Hawthorn 10
Crataegus douglasii
paper birch 11
Betula papyrifera
Pacific Crab Apple 4
Malus fusca
black cottonwood 3
Populus trichocarpa
Bitter cherry 12
Prunus emarginata

Edited by Kyle Pearce, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) josh jackson, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 2. (c) J Brew, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 3. (c) Tom Brandt, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 4. (c) Mike Patterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Patterson
  • 5. (c) Morgan Stickrod, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Morgan Stickrod
  • 6. (c) Joshua Tewksbury, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Joshua Tewksbury
  • 7. (c) M.E. Sanseverino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 8. (c) J Brew, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 9. (c) Jim Morefield, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 10. (c) Matt Webb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matt Webb
  • 11. (c) Owen Strickland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Owen Strickland
  • 12. (c) Peter Stevens, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Member of the iNaturalist Network   |   Powered by iNaturalist open source software |   Documentation for developers